Portable lavatory.



No. 881,543. PATENTED MAR. 10, 1908. A. W. GALE.

PORTABLE LAvAToRY.

APPLIUATION FILED DBO. 26. 1905. 1

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PORTABLE LAVATORY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 10, 1908.

Application led December 26, 1905. VSerial N o. 293,203.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR W. CALE, a citizen of the United v States,residing at Alberta, in the county of Stevens and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in PortableLavatories; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as Will enableothersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple and convenientlavatory orwashstand, especially adapted for use in rural districts,small towns, and elsewhere Where houses are not provided with modernplumbinand city water slplply.`

o the above ends, t e invention consists of the novel devices andcombinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein likecharacters lndicate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 shows the improved lavatory inside elevation; and Fig. 2 showsthe same in parts being broken away and some sectioned.

The numeral 1 indicates the bowl or wash basin, which fits in the openupper end of, and is supported by, a ailv2.v In its bottom, the basin 1is provided) with a drain passage that is adapted to be closed by a stoper 3. The rim of the basin 1 prjects slight y bcyond the rim of the pail2, so that it may be readily picked up and removed from the pail. Thepall, as shown, is provided with the usual bail 4.

To su port the pail with the bowl 1 at the proper e evation, for use byan adult or other person, 4I rovide a light stand, preferably ofskeleton orm, and constructed entirely of metal. This stand, as shown,is rovided with four legs 5, that are braced an( tied together somewhatabove their lower ends by cross-bars 6. One of the legs 5 is much longerthan the other three, and extends above the pail, and has a soap-dish 7secured to its upper end. The support for the pail is formed by a pairof horizontally crossed tiebars 8 that are secured to the four le s 5considerably above the lower ends of t e three short legs. The stopper 3is attached to the lower end of a chain 9, the upper end of which isattached to the u per portion of the long leg 5, so that thesaidpstopper cannot be displaced or lost.

The use of the device is obvious. Th(I soiled Water in the basin 1 isallowed to run into the catch pail 2 whenever the stopper 3 is pulled upand unseated. When the soiled water z in the pail 2 raises above thebottom of the basin 1, the water Will stand in the basin, and that will,of course, indicate that the pail should be ein tied. There is,thereforo, no danger that t e pail 2 will overflow. The device is bothsanitary and convenient. It offers the best possible substitute for thelavatory of a modern plumbing system.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesis as follows:

The combination with a stand having legs 5 and transversely crossedlower and u per tie bars 6 and 8 rigidly connecting said egs, said bars8 being located below the upper ends of said legs, of a pail arranged torest upon the upper bars 8 and to be detachably held in posltion by theupwardly projecting ends of said legs, a basin fitting the top of saidpail and provided with a drain passage in its bottom, a stopperdetachably fitting said drain passage, a flexible connection attached tosaid stopper, one of the said legs 5 being extended above the said pailand basin, and the said flexible connection being attached thereto,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR W. CALE.

Witnesses:

WM. C. BICKNELL, 'HENRY T. RONNING.

